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ENTOMOLOGY. 



antennae (base excepted,) vertex, and dorsal mark of the 

 thorax, blackish ; elytra with punctured striae, yellow at 

 their points. 



Tele/ihorus minimus. Olivier. 



Malthinus Jlavus. Latr. 



Inhabits France and England, in the oak. 



S/i. 4. Collaris. Head much, attenuated behind; tho- 

 rax not broader than long, distinctly margined behind, 

 and with a short impression ; body yellowish ; antennas 

 (base excepted,) head behind, middle of the thorax, 

 blackish ; elytra smooth, somewhat fuscous, base darker, 

 apex yellow. 



Inhabits France. 



Tribe VIII. Melyrides. 



Tarsi with the last joint but one not bifid. Mandibles 

 notched. Maxillae bifid. Antennae filiform, composed 

 of ten joints. Elytra soft, flexible. Thorax quadrate, 

 or semicircular. 



Genus LXXII. Melyris. Fabr. Oliv. Lam. Latr. 



Head ovate, much inflected under the thorax. An- 

 tennae with the second and third joints nearly cylin- 

 dric, the former elongate ; the fourth and following 

 joints turbinated or conic. Tarsi with the outer nails 

 beyond the middle beneath distinctly unidentate. Body 

 oval. Thorax somewhat trapeziform, plain, narrower 

 before. 



Sjt. I. Viridis. Green, with three elevated lines on 

 each elytron. 



Mejyris viridis. Fabr. Latr, Oliv. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



Genus LXXIII. Zygia. Fabr. Oliv. 



Head ovate, much inflexed under the thorax. Anten- 

 nae with the second and third joints somewhat cylindric, 

 more slender, the former elongate ; the fourth and 

 following joints dentate-serrated, compressed, somewhat 

 transverse. Tarsi with the outer nails beneath under 

 the apex obsoletely unidentate. Body oval. Thorax 

 somewhat trapeziform, anteriorly narrower, the middle 

 elevated. 



S/i. 1. Oblonga. Red; head and elytra blue or blue- 

 green. 



Zigia Oblonga. Fabr. Latr. Gen. Crust, ct Ins. I. 

 264. tab. 8. fig. 3. 



Inhabits Syria and the kingdom of Murcia in Spain. 



Genus LXXIV. Dasytes. Payk. Fabr. Latr. 



Melyris. Oliv. Lam. Ulig. 



Head somewhat transverse, retracted within the tho- 

 rax even to the eyes. Tarsi with nails apparently bifid. 

 Antennae with short turbinated joints, nearly as broad as 

 long. Lip with the apex deeply notched, almost bifid. 

 Body without papillae. 



Sfi. 1 . Ater. Oblong, black, widely punctate, hairy, 

 the hairs black and cinereous. Head with a double im- 

 pression in front, which is ovate and roughish. 



Dasytes ater. Latr. Fabr. 



Melyris ater. Olivier. 



Inhabits Europe, amongst grass. 



Genus LXXV. Malaohius. I^abr. Oliv. Lam. Latr. 



Cantharis. Linn. Marsh. 



Telephorus. SchaefTer, De Geer. 



Head somewhat transverse, retractile even to the eyes 

 within the thorax. Tarsi with apparently bifid nails. 

 Antennae with conic or cylindric-conic joints, longer than 

 broad, in some few pectinated. Labium with apex en- 

 tire, or scarcely notched. Body with two papillae on 

 each side, one under the anterior angle of the thorax, 

 the other at the base of the abdomen. 



Sfi. J. JEneus. Brassy-green; head anteriorly red- 

 yellowish ; elytra blood-red, with the base and half the 

 suture brassy-green. 



Malac/iius aneus. Fabr. Latr. Oliv. Gyll. 



Cantharis enea. Linn. Marsham. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Genus LXXVI. Hylecstus. Latr. 



Cantharis. Linnaeus. 



Lymexylon. Fabr. Oliv. Paykull. 



Antennae serrated, the fourth, fifth, and following 

 joints nearly equal. Elytra covering the back of the 

 abdomen. Thorax broader than long. Head vertical. 

 Body linear cylindric. 



Sfi. 1. Dermestoides. Pale red; eyes and breast 

 black ; or black elytra brown-black or testaceous with 

 a black apex ; antennae, feet, and apex of the abdomen 

 testaceous reddish. 



Hylacatus dermestoides. Latr. 



Inhabits Germany. 



The sexes of this insect seem to have been consider- 

 ed as distinct species. See Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. 1. 

 266. 



Genus LXXVII. Lymexylon. Fabr. Oliv. Payk. 

 Latr. 



Cantharis. Linn. 



Elateroides. SchaefF. 



Head vertical. Body linear cylindric. Thorax long- 

 er than broad, nearly cylindric. Elytra nearly covering 

 the whole elytra. Antennae simple, somewhat fusiform, 

 the middle joints rather largest. 



Sfi. 1. JVavale. Head black; thorax entirely or part- 

 ly, elytra or their base testaceous ; under part of the 

 body and the feet yellowish. 



Lymexylon navale. Fabr. Oliv. Latr. 



Cantharis navalis of Linnaeus, who (as we have already 

 mentioned in our history of entomological writers) wrote 

 a dissertation on this destructive insect. The male, 

 Fabricius has considered as distinct, under the title 'of 

 Lymexylon Jlavifies. 



Inhabits in the oak of Europe, which it destroys. 



Genus LXXVIII. Atractocehus. Palissot-Beau 

 vois, Latr. 



Necydalis. Linn. 



Lymexylon. Fabr. 



Head vertical. Body linear, cylindric. Thorax near- 

 ly quadrate. Elytra very short. Antennae simple, 

 somewhat fusiform, the middle joints somewhat largest. 



Sfi. I. JVecydaloides. Head and thorax fuscous, with 

 a longitudinal yellowish line. 



Atractocerus necydaloides. Palissot-Beauvois, Latr. 



JVecydalis brevicornis. Linn. 



Lymexylon abbrevialum. Fabr. 



Inhabits Guinea. 



Tribe IX. Tillides. 



Antennae thicker at their extremities, serrated in some, 

 solid in others. Elytra covering the whole abdomen. 

 Body cylindric. Thorax narrow behind. 



Family I. Tillida. 



Tarsi, with the first joint very apparent, longer than 

 the one before it. 



Genus LXXIX. Enoplium. Latreille. 



Tillus. Oliv. Panz. Fabr. 



Dermestes. Rossi. 



Palpi filiform. Antennae, with the three last joints 

 much dilated, serrated. Thorax nearly quadrate. 



Sji. 1. Scrratkorne. Black. Elytra testaceous. 



